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Broadband Barrage Balloons

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the moon-over-my-hammy dept.

alnya writes "BBC Online are reporting a story of a York-based company called SkyLinc who are floating baloons connected to a fibre optic pole which, they say, can deliver broadband access at "more than double the speed of most broadband services currently available" - whatever that means. Only 18 balloons would be necessarily to blow BT out the water (according to the article). Is this on the horizon?"

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  1. Re:Memorial Day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    In honor of memorial day, I forced my huge penis into your mother's recturm. There was red blood, white semen, and the blue bruises on her face. Good times were had by all!

  2. spelling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    why can't slashdot do some simple fucking spell checking?? it's not bloody difficult. fucking morons, nobody wants to read lame ass shit like this, they're fucking disrespecting us by posting shit like this, fucking bastards. cunts

  3. Re:Newest DOS attack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    You again. I told you to shut up higher on the thread.

    Shut the fuck up, nitpicking asshole.

  4. Re:Memorial Day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you're going to have rape fantasies, at least learn to spell "rectum".

    But you probably can't tell your ass from your elbow...

  5. If you want affordable Broadband , read this by zymano · · Score: 1, Troll
    The broadband, spectrum, communications problem in this country is due to incompetent government. The local governments are the main cause of the cable broadband and pricing problem. They only care more about wringing every cent from the Renting of the public cable lines so we get these ridiculous prices for broadband and cable tv.

    The Local and Fed governments philosophy on managing and taxing of the radio spectrum and cable lines by selling to the highest bidder cable co. or wireless phone com. need to stop. The cable networks(public owned sections) should be gov owned and not privately run as in Municipal cable/broadband.

    If there is a policy of renting the public owned lines to the cable company then it should go to the cable company with the best product for the best price(most affordable packages with broadband) and allowing individual public to pick and choose from a list of what options they want. As for the radio spectrum, the same policy should be in effect. Also Stop the selling our spectrum to the highest bidder. That only drives up the prices for all cellphones or future tech that relies on the radio spectrum. And also why is there stupid taxation of something we rely on for communication? Should we tax all speech ?

    Sorry to say this but broadband is not expensive as some of you think. The cable and phone companies have ZERO competition thanks to CLUSTERFUCK FCC ZAR POWELL(brother of colin).